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CHECK PUNGHING MACHINE.

No. 362,586. Patented May 10, 1887.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,586, dated May 10,1887.

Application filed July 20, 1885. Serial No. 172,080. (No model.)

To all whom it may concernr Be itknown that I, HENRY H. NORRINGTON, acitizen of the United States, residing at West Bay City, in the countyof Bay and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Check -Punching Machines; and I do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the IQ art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

'The object of my present invention is to afford ample security to themaker or drawer of checks, drafts, receipts, money-orders, and likevouchers; and it consists in the combina- 7 tion of devices for cuttingor punching out of the face of the draft or voucher the amount offace-value it is to represent, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

My present invention relates to that class of perforating-machines onwhich I hold several Letters Patent. The presser-plate H shown hereinappears in my former patents, and need not be described. 7

In my present invention I have arranged a series of male dies or punchesin a support in I the form of an arc, which has an oscillating motionhorizontally, being actuated by an independent lever attached below thetop plate ...-of the machine,-and over the punches I support a curvedlever to force the punches down.

5 The springs which lift the punches up are housed within the postsupporting the punches.

I employ two sets of double feed-wheels, which are operated by adouble-armed lever. I 10- cate below the dies, at the point ofoperation,

0 a drawer, which catches the clippings.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a topplan of my invention, with a change of position shown in dotted lines.Fig. 2 is a partial front eleva- 5 tion. Fig. 3 is a side elevation.Fig. 4 is an enlarged 'isomctrical view of the feeding devices. Fig. 5is a section on dotted line 1 1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a plan of bottomturned upward, having base removed. B is the base or bottom support ofthe machine; T,the front; W,the circular hollow back.

B is a central supporting-bar, which is attached at one end to the underside of the bedplate P by means of a screw, 1*. S is a hub havingdiverging arms F F F, which are united to the male die orpunch-supporting plate 0. This is in the form of an arc. (See Fig. 1.)

In the plate 0, Ilocate the male die-punches a The body of each in anupright position. punch is reduced, as shown at 0 thus forming a flangearound each punch. I locate a coiled wire spring, 0, around the reducedportion of each punch, as shown in Fig. 5. Each spring has a bearingupon the ledge 9" and against the flange of the punch, so that when apunch is forced down the spring will raise the punch up to the positionshown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5.

It will be observed the springs c are housed within the supporting-plateO. The pin t of each punch working in the sloti is the same as shown inmy Letters Patent No. 249,975, and need not be described in detail.Attached to the hub S, and adapted to turn with the same and the maledie or punch supportingplate, is a disk, D, in which I locate the femaledies 6 which register with and receive the male-die characters. Saidcharacters consist of the ten digits and the star or dollar sign, asshown in Fig. 6. The hub S is reduced at the lower end and passesthrough the supportingbar B. The reduced portion (1 forms ajournal, thehub turning on the bar. Below the bar, and to the part (1 of the hub Iattach firmly the gearsection D, having cogs upon its curved periphery.A nut, h, secures the gear-section D firmly to the hub. I pivotallyattach to the plate B at the front the reciprocating lever Z by means ofa screw, 2'. (See Fig. 5.) Said lever extends outward horizontallythrough the slot (7, formed in the front plate, T, of the machine. (SeeFigs. 1, 2, 3, and 5.)

The inner end of the lever is provided with a' gear or cog section, L,which engages with the cogs on the section D, attached to the hub S, asshown in Figs. 5 and 6. It will be observed by this arrangement themoving of the outer end of the lever Z causes "the hub S to turn,thereby turning the series of punches, as shown by dotted lines in Fig.1; and the moving of the free end of the lever l to the right and leftgives the dies an oscillating motion horizontally, which is rapidlyaccomplished. I form a hole, through the arm of the lever Z, so thatwhen the arm is under the dies when said dies are cutting the paper thecut-out portion may fall through the hole into the drawer D below it, asshown. (See Figs."2, 5, and 6.) I also form a hole, 0-, through thesupportingplate where it comes directly under the working dies, to allowthe clippings to fall through into the drawer D. I attach to the lever Za spring, s, which projects through the front of the machine. The springis formed with a V-shaped under face, which drops into the series ofindicating-notchese of the front Tof the machine, as shown in Figs. 2,3, and 5. The notches c are so arranged that when the spring 8 dropsinto any one of them the lever Z will be locked or stopped and a punchwill stand in position under the pin 2: of the pressing-lever A.

I attach to or form integral with the plate 0 a ledge or slanting table,It, whose circle is coincident with the plate 0, as shown in Figs. 1 and3. Upon the ledge R, I mount raised characters corresponding with thecharacters on the punches. I place them opposite or in front of eachpunch.

It will be observed as the punches areoscillated or moved horizontallythe characters on the ledge travel with them. By this arrangement, whena character on the ledge R is in a vertical line under the free end ofthe lever A, the punch representing that character is in position to bedepressed by placing the hand upon the knob n and pressing the lever Adown, as shown by dotted lines of Fig. 5, when the plunger 0, strikingthe concaved upper end of the punch a, forces the punch through thepaper, thus punching a figure in the paper of the amount desired, thedraft or paper being first inserted between the dies. The curved arm Ais pivoted to the uprights 8 .9 as shown at a I attach to the front ofthe arm, over the pivoted point, an arm or lug, e. Engaging with saidarm is a plunger, d, its lower end meeting the upper face of the headfof the double-armed feed-lever J. The head f is pivoted between thehangers h If at e, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. The lever J passesthrough one end of the head f. Its end portions are bent at rightangles, forming arms 2 .2. To the free ends of said arms I attachloosely the dogs 0 c by means of nuts or washers e 0*, as shown in Fig.6. To each dog I attach a spring, '0, which presses against the hangert. The upper end of each dog is hookshaped and engages with the cogs ofthe wheels g. Said wheels are secured between two feed-wheels, m m, andrigidly thereto. Said wheels are journaled on the hangers h h. Theperipheries of the wheels at on project through the plate 1E, as shownin Figs. 3, 4, and 5. The check, draft, or paper to be punched is placedover the feed-wheels and under the presser-plate H, in the usual way,and is carried under theoperating-dics by the movements ofthefeed-wheels. I locate in the time the plunger d forces down the headfof the feed-arms, when said arms will be forced upward, as shown bydotted lines of Fig. 5, thus carrying up the dogs a c, and by thepressure of the springs 11 said dogs engage with the teeth of the wheels/g; that when 8 the pressure upon the lever A is released the depressedspring 0 forces up the plunger (1, thus lifting the lever A to thenormal position of Fig. 5. The spring 0 at the same time presses up thehead f of the lever J, thus 8 forcing down the arms 2 to the normalposition shown in Fig. 5, thereby drawing down the dogs, causing thefeed-wheels to move equally and in the same direction, thus moving thepaper as the punch a rises.

N is a shield or guard which I attach to the hub S, its periphery beingcircular, and lying loosely within the circular hub \V of the machine,and turning or swinging with the hub S. I attach to the machine twofriction or pressure wires or strips, e a", which engage with thefeed-wheels and prevent them from turning backward when the dogs passupward, as before stated.

It is obvious from the foregoiugeonstruction rco that the operator, withone hand on the lever Z, may rapidly bring the character desired intoposition, and by the other hand depress the character by pressing uponthe knob n of the overhanging lever A, thus punching the 0 amountdesired in the paper with great rapidity and ease.

Having thus fullyset forth my presentinvention as fully as deemednecessary, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,no

P, its gear adapted to engage with the gear of I 15 the hub S, as andfor the purposes specified.

2. In a check-punching machine,and in combination, the arc-shaped plate0, supporting a series of punches, said punches having a re duced body,and springs encircling said re- 20 duced portion, said springs housedwithin the plate (J, the arms connecting said plate to the hub S, aplate attached to said hub, supporting below the male dies a series offemale dies, the

gear attached to said hub, and a lever pivoted I2 5 to the machine, itsgear adapted to engage with the gear of the hub S, as and for thepurposes specified.

3. In a check-punching machine, substantially as set forth, thecombination of the feedwheels at m, in duplicate, the wheels 5/, locatedbetween them, the dogs mounted upon the free ends of the forked lever,and means for operating said lever, as and for the purposes specified.

4. Inacheck-punchingmachine,andincom- 5 bination, the series of maledies, the corresponding series of female dies, the whole mounted onsuitable supports adapted to turn on a commoneent'er, the lever A,common to all, for depressing the male dies, the drawer D, 10 locatedbelow the acting dies, and the lever Z, located below the plate P, saidlever being In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY H. NORRINGTON.

Vitnesses:

I. R. DARRow, H. M. GILLETT.

